Becky Hotchin, Western Telegraph Journalist Profile

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'Hazy' night sees steel worker in court for being more than three times over limit

1 week ago | westerntelegraph.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

Members of the public had called the emergency services as they were concerned by the standard of driving of Mervyn Jenkins, 47, on the evening of May 24 this year. Police found Jenkins’ Citroen at 8pm that evening and noted that the vehicle had sustained significant damage, was shuddering and driving over the carriageway. When Jenkins, of Hazlebank, Llanstadswell got out of the vehicle he was seen o be staggering. He told officers that he had consumed three pints about an hour ago.
Pembrokeshire chef's 'absolute blast' on TV's Bake Off: The Professionals

1 week ago | westerntelegraph.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

Abbie from Scleddau, near Fishguard, is known locally for her amazing custom-baked cake creations by Abstar Makes. With team partner Amun, went head-to-head against other talented teams all vying to get through the second round of heats in Bake Off: The Professionals. Abbie and Amun met 16 years ago while working at Gordon Ramsay’s and have been best mates and inseparable ever since. Amun lost his eyesight due to diabetic retinopathy at the age of 24.
Popular Pembrokeshire visitor spot closed as production filming takes place

1 week ago | westerntelegraph.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

3 1/1 A Pembrokeshire tourist spot is scheduled to be closed for the next three days as filming takes place at the location. Porthclais Harbour, near St Davids, and the surrounding sections of coast path is closed today for up to three days. The temporary closure is due to production filming. Although it may only take one day the closure notice published by Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority says that closure will be in force for a maximum of three days.
Pictures: Thousands flock to Pembrokeshire beach for popular street food festival

1 week ago | westerntelegraph.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

The Pembrokeshire Street Food Festival was held at Tenby's South Beach from Friday, June 13, to Sunday, June 15. Over the weekend hundreds of people flocked to sample the variety of fayre on offer, with many then enjoying a stroll on the beach and into town.
New jobs created as renovation of historic pub nears completion

1 week ago | westerntelegraph.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

The Grade II listed building the Farmers Arms on Fishguard Square closed its doors 14 years ago and was put up for sale. The 18th century building was first recorded as being used as an inn in the 19th century. The building was listed on the 1844 tithe map of Fishguard and the surrounding area. It is listed as it is a traditional Pembrokeshire vernacular house of the 18th century and therefore a ‘rare survival’.
Families 'blindsided' at last minute by 'unfair' school transport policy

1 week ago | tivysideadvertiser.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

Parents say that, for the first time this year, the council is enforcing a ‘nearest school only rule’ when it comes to school transport. This means that free school transport is now provided only to a child’s nearest ‘suitable’ secondary school — even if that school is only marginally closer than another, even by just half a mile.
Enormous tanker brought more than a million barrels of crude oil to Pembrokeshire

1 week ago | westerntelegraph.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

8 1/1 One of the largest vessels ever to enter a Pembrokeshire port brought with it over a million barrels of crude oil, the Western Telegraph can reveal. The Yasa Southern Cross berthed at the Valero Pembroke Refinery on Tuesday, June 10. The tanker is longer than the Eiffel Tower, measuring 333 metres in length. It weighs 313,348 deadweight tonnes (DWT) when fully loaded.
LOOK: Crowds cheer on athletes in gruelling triathlon challenge

1 week ago | westerntelegraph.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

The Challenge Wales Triathlon took place in the twin towns of Fishguard and Goodwick on Sunday, June 15. Hundreds of athletes descended on the towns for the event organised by Activity Wales. They pushed themselves to the limits of physical endurance with a two-lap sea swim in Fishguard Bay, a two-lap bike course from Fishguard to St Davids and a four-lap looped run on Fishguard’s Marine Walk and out onto the small breakwater.
Take a look at our favourite pics from the Tivyside Advertiser Camera Club

1 week ago | tivysideadvertiser.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

7 1/1 Nature in all its glory is on display this week in these fabulous pictures by Tivyside Advertiser Camera Club members. We have herons, damsel flies and a lone bird singing down at Teifi Marshes Nture Reserve, as well as sunsets, waves, crops and flowers. The Tivyside Advertiser Camera Club has nearly 1,000 members who regularly take great photos all across Ceredigion and north Pembrokeshire which they share on our camera club Facebook page.
Pembrokeshire aid activists risk lives on aid march across Sinai desert to Gaza

2 weeks ago | westerntelegraph.co.uk | Becky Hotchin

Jim Scott, a tree surgeon and activist from Mathry, and Tamsin Nash, a Pembrokeshire art curator and mother of four are joining the Global March to Gaza. The march involves more than four thousand people from 54 different countries walking on foot on a three-day, 30-mile hike through the Sinai desert to the border crossing at Gaza. They aim to demand a stop to the genocide and demanding that Israel re-opens the border to allow a humanitarian corridor to be established.